Fruits and veggies?

[kvet]

Early March (before covid) I planted some radish seeds. Here's my first one harvested this morning, it's a "Crimson Giant" ;D

[DirtyCoconuts]

Yes!!! Love some radishes

My favorite way to eat them is raw, sliced thin, coarse pink salt and a whisky!

[Ray]

As one of my “WTF do I do now?” projects this spring, I built a small raised bed and planted 2 cherry and 2 Bush tomatoes, a couple of basil plants, a bunch of basil seeds, and a parsley plant (which I recently ripped out and threw into the ICW - I have no idea what kind of parsley it was, but the smell made me nauseous).

Lots of tomatoes growing on those I planted, and a friend gave me some heirlooms now in big pots.

[kvet]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

My favorite way to eat them is raw, sliced thin, coarse pink salt and a whisky!

Sliced thick on rye bread slathered with duck fat...

Ray: do you know which tomato varieties you got? I'm trying tomatoes this year for the first time as well, I have Black Krim vines and bushy Tazmanian Chocolate. Also trying Habanada peppers. I started from seed a bit late for my area, so it'll be at least another couple months before I see any fruit.

[DirtyCoconuts]

1, kvet that sounds amazing!!
2, I don’t know it they would be suited outside of Florida but Everglades tomatoes are the greatest thing I have ever discovered.
Between the size of a dime and quarter, sweet but not overwhelming and they cannot be stopped. Grow in sand, dirt, grass and clay, full or part sun and they are very draught tolerant. Might be worth a try if they are hardy to your winters.


Mine grow and fruit year round

[Leafmite]

In the past, I had apple trees, cherry trees (sour and sweet), a plum tree, an apricot tree, and a peach tree but, last spring, we had them all cut down. The weather where I live has gotten rather crazy, we were not getting bees when the trees were in bloom, and we were definitely not getting fruit. All of the trees needed sprayed for various issues with emergent spray, then, during the year, a fungicide, a pesticide or both When we had them cut down last spring, in their enthusiasm, the workers accidentally removed our blueberry bushes, too. Opps. We also had the Chestnut tree removed due to the American Chestnut blight.

Now, I just have red currents (planted long ago and disease free--our neighbors have healthy White Pines), strawberries, top hat blueberries, and arctic raspberries. All but the currents are growing in pots so they can easily be covered or moved to shelter if we get freezing temperatures after weeks of warm weather (like this year).
I also grow fruiting houseplants (yes, citrus are houseplants in Ohio). Some are more ornamental as indoor plants but I do get passionfruit, various citrus, figs (I have one that isn't cold hardy), and I hope one day to get whatever comes from Sapodilla 'Alano' but that might just be an ornamental in my conditions.

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by kvet

Sliced thick on rye bread slathered with duck fat...

Ray: do you know which tomato varieties you got? I'm trying tomatoes this year for the first time as well, I have Black Krim vines and bushy Tazmanian Chocolate. Also trying Habanada peppers. I started from seed a bit late for my area, so it'll be at least another couple months before I see any fruit.

My top favorite is Purple Cherokee. By far. I like the Black Krim, but here the former seems to produce more. I have 36 ready to transplant... swing by and pick up a couple.

[kvet]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

2, I don’t know it they would be suited outside of Florida but Everglades tomatoes are the greatest thing I have ever discovered.

I thought these were "cape gooseberries" when I read your post but after looking them up, they appear to be cherry tomatoes. Send seeds, I want to try them

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

My top favorite is Purple Cherokee, but here the former seems to produce more. I have 36 ready to transplant... swing by and pick up a couple.

Okay, I'll add that to next year's potentials if I have any luck with mine! I was at a nursery in January picking up something as the seed packets were being restocked, and mixed up the name with Black from Tula (which was what I wanted to try!). It was more of an impulse, but, I'm happy right now all are growing!

[Ray]

Originally Posted by kvet

Ray: do you know which tomato varieties you got?

The purchased plants are from Bonnie plants, commonly sold around here at Lowes and Home Depot; Husky Cherry Red and Better Bush. The gift plants include a Brandywine heirloom and two unknowns.

The peppers are small sweet peppers - I just took one out of the bag from the grocery store, cut it in half lengthwise, and planted it and the seeds about an inch deep. I have no idea if I'll get any fruit out of them, but they are growing.

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by Ray

The purchased plants are from Bonnie plants, commonly sold around here at Lowes and Home Depot; Husky Cherry Red and Better Bush. The gift plants include a Brandywine heirloom and two unknowns.

The peppers are small sweet peppers - I just took one out of the bag from the grocery store, cut it in half lengthwise, and planted it and the seeds about an inch deep. I have no idea if I'll get any fruit out of them, but they are growing.

Brandywine is another great heirloom. Those small little peppers grow well that way. Done the same thing last two years. But do one of each color... The only problem is finding one with mature seeds inside. In early spring I start cutting them open before using no matter what to find 'em for planting. Slow germination, but pretty fast grow time once it stays over 70F. I do them in pots, because I run out of raised bed for garden every year.